Airman

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Hardcover, 412 pages

English language

Published March 2, 2008 by Hyperion Books for Children.

ISBN:
978-1-4231-0750-7
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OCLC Number:
166872410

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3 stars (2 reviews)

In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.

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reviewed Airman by Eoin Colfer

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3 stars

Eoin Colfer shows once again that, when freed of the burden of churning out another Fowl novel, he can write entertaining, imaginative fiction still. There are flashes of humour and a somewhat unlikely setting, but the reader is drawn in to this generally serious tale of invention and redemption. Perhaps only The Supernaturalists and the first two Fowl books are better.

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Subjects

  • Flying machines
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Islands
  • Prisoners
  • History
  • Inventors
  • Fiction

Places

  • Saltee Islands (Ireland)
  • Ireland